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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes february 7b Egypt in 2nd round of Parley i continued from Page i Mas Day Summit in that egyptian troops should not move from their present positions West of the strategic Vutla and Giddy leaving the remainder of Sinai egyptian newspapers rejected Daimas the newspapers did Promise the bulk of egyptian troops would remain in their present but said other limited in number and should be allowed to Advance East of the speaking to reporters after receiving a 37man american peace Sadat said Egypt and Israel should not differ on the real difficulty in the negotiations at the moment is self Termi nation for the who flew in from Jerusalem monday drought informal and exploratory ideas designed to break the logjam on the future of palestinians living in the Jordan West Bank and Gaza Israel initially offered them self Rule but later accepted an american Compromise calling for palestinian participation in the determination of their own re ports from Washington and Israel said the Jerusalem government still objected to a provision about the legitimate rights of Scotland continued from Page i visiting their daughter when the storm caught there were massive drifts and no said the silence was eerie and the cold and condensation were he and his wife had written out their wills and notes to their children and said they were waiting to die when they heard a scraping suddenly we saw a lad carrying a Shep herds Crook at the car he told the Angels of As foul Stone later described her were members of the scottish Punk Rock the stranded because of the they spent monday searching the 20foot drifts for about Homes in outlying districts of Scotland remained without Power or Telephone and helicopters ferried food parcels into isolated authorities conditions Here Are said a police one policeman stepped off a Drift in the mountains to talk to somebody a few feet away and found himself standing on top of a 12foot Snow plow buried in the hundreds of Dairy cattle and sheep were feared lost in the and wildlife experts expressed concern for the Deer and other animals unable to find Winter meanwhile in an Avalanche Cut the Road to the Village of Pla engily in the isolating 200 and an other Avalanche at Thanes in the French Alps swept away a economic indicator Index Points to uil4i a Washington a the government said tuesday that its Index designed to Sig Nal future economic trends increased by a substantial percent in poin Ting to probable Strong performance of the Economy in the months the Index was the final significant economic report for h77 and it conformed with other pubic and private forecasts for Strong economic growth at least until it was the a fam consecutive monthly 1987 average of advanced for the entire 1 showed it i ont the signals of economic Jug the administration is t about the economic outer 05 Wollon tax Cut is intended Toon snowy  Well Califano aide is second Only to Carter in salary Aslon Gasis continued from Page ii that Califano and other Cabinet members earn yearly and More even than vice president Walter Mondale Johns is unusual in that he has slipped through the barriers in the civil service system designed to prevent a retired civil servant from taking another Federal Job and drawing a full Federal paycheck and a full pension by getting a military pension and a Federal paycheck is not so a civil service commission study in 1975 found miliary retirees drawing pen Sions while working in civilian Federal among those military double dippers could be a retired High ranking officer in a top civilian Job with a total income greater than but he would have to be a retired Reserve general who now holds at least a gs14 government Job which pays Between and a Johns Job is part part according to sources at department officials have been attempt ing to get the civil service commission to accept a new Job description for Johns since the one currently in Force has Little relationship to what he Eileen assistant Secretary for Public said tuesday that Johns rarely serves As a working mostly on administrative Howe Johns does occasionally carry a gun when Hes on the she added Califano is quite concerned about the inequities and i rationalities of pension the answer is that the system is wrong and she Califano is the one who proposed to president Carter that a presidential commission be created to look into the whole she said Califano was aware Johns was Spanish King in Austria Vienna i up King Juan Carlos has arrived Here for the first visit by a Spanish ruler in 73 recalling Royal ties with Austria that Date Back to to the year drawing a As Long As its on retired civil Mensio Nelcan have either the pay or the but not draw the full retirement pay Check is reduced by the of the pension thus effectively ing total compensation equal to the salary for the if Johns had retired under the civil service pension his total income would be equal to the salary for his of but Johns escaped the clout of this Law despite his years with the secret he is not technically a civil serv ice a quirk in the Law gives Federal Law enforcement officers stationed in Washington for at least 10 years a Choice they can retire under the civil service pension system or under the District of columbian somewhat More generous firefighter and police pension this is a legacy of the Days when the District government was an Extension of the Federal bureaucracy essentially run by at that the differences be tween the pension systems were but now after some tinkering with the system by Congress and the granting of Home Rule to the District the system is More generous than the civil and Johns took advantage of that differ 10 Al two thirds of Lus highest years the pension is adjusted to keep Pace with inflation a Xis familiar with his situation said he retired after a heart More Johns a month pension is not considered to of acis serv Carter to answer treaty foes on to   w Washington up president Carter of Fly on to Evita wednesday and answer  Panama canal the White House the fireside Chat at will to he plan Ijo bring up file Mott frequently raised questions regarding die treaties my win respond said Deputy such question include defense and emergency Wantt passage rights to the canal if Panama takes it Over to the year Granum said Carter was encouraged by the Senate foreign relations committees approval of the two the commit tee sent the treaties to the floor with recommendations they be changed to spell out defense and passage it committee approval serves As a very Good prelude to his talk said Granum told the question of amendments in being studied and assessed by the National Security Carter meets with egyptian president mum in continued from Page 1 which Are expected to be i Deal armoured weapons for f Der of this Alexander indicated that i army Hopes to buy As Many a Alexander said the present 1 which was pc adequate to meet the present t soviet but be said the a atm got installed in later tanks in i of advances in soviet t plate he called Misci the German gun is smooth i the British and american rifled the selection of a German l Side red one More step in the nato f produce the greatest possible a among the weapons of member c Alexander said that with b and american innies using they also jul us which would s during a the americans and germans i 1973 with the idea of both single but the americans Becq xm1 and the germans Leopard the aim now is to build As army under Secretary Walter j sold the two countries Are i common tank treads and i gun barrels and possibly be vision devices and elements of of discussions a restful underway the two countries can agree Tot the american Turbine the West German diesel 7 governors to visit chit new York up1the b fvei1 slates from Florida to sit China March 1419 to discus problems with their chinese Counte Reubin Askew of Florida v delegation that includes Thomas judge of up e Ocallaghan of i by to the Europe g  
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